EM Lewis
	Home News Coming Soon! Biography Full-Length Plays Short Plays Works-In-Progress Cool Stuff Links Blog Contact		One-Act and Ten-Minute Plays The Edge of Ross Island 2 Women/2 Men 15 minutes A cop in Portland, Oregon tries to talk a jumper down from the Ross Island Bridge. Later, she tries to figure out where her own life is going with the help of her cop partner, and her life partner. *Reading -- 2010 Reading Series at Ohio State University -- Columbus, OH *Published -- 2010 Issue of Eleven Eleven Literary Journal -- California College of the Arts -- San Francisco, CA *The Freeway Plays 2008 at Write Act Rep -- Los Angeles, CA *Winner - 2007 UMBC IN10 Competition, University of Maryland, Baltimore County *The Bloody Unicorn Theatre Company’s 2006 Short Play Festival – Tucson, AZ The Incident Report 3 Players 18 minutes Something goes wrong on a plane. SomeONE goes wrong on a plane. What would you do? In a small interview room, in a large airport, Aviation Safety Investigator Connor attempts to find out what happened this time. *World Premiere -- 2009 "Flight: An Evening of Short Plays by EM Lewis," produced by Moving Arts -- Los Angeles, CA The Half-Wife Variations 2 Men/1 Woman 30 minutes One table. Two chairs. Three actors. And five variations on the subject of spousal inadequacy, both real and imagined... *Production – 2006 Last Frontier Theatre Conference – Valdez, AK *Reading – 2005 Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Play Lab – Valdez, AK Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday 2 Women/4 Men 60 minutes In one hour, Lynn is going to climb onto a Greyhound bus, leaving her home, her husband, her job and her family behind to become a commercial fisherman in Alaska; her family has decided that they’ll do anything to make her stay. A comedy about trying to explain why you have to go find yourself to people who don't want anything to change. *2008 Staged Reading in the Blank Theater's Living Room Series - Los Angeles, CA *2007 Ganymede Arts Fall Festival - Washington, DC *Moving Arts' 2004 Staged Reading Series – Los Angeles, CA *STAGEStheatre 2004 Reading Series – Fullerton, CA *Finalist, 2003 One-Act Play Contest, Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival – New Orleans, LA ~ 10-Minute Plays ~ Sing Me That Leonard Cohen Song Again 1M/1W Shelley needs money. Her brother Alex knows what she'd use it for. Being a new father is a lot more stressful when you know exactly how things can go wrong with people. *2009 FLIGHT: An Evening of Short Plays by EM Lewis" -- Moving Arts -- Los Angeles, CA *2008 15-Minute Play Festival -- American Globe Theater -- New York, NY *2008 1st Annual Longwood Ten-Minute Play Festival -- Longwood University's Underground Players -- Farmville, VA The Last Four Things My Father Held Against Me 2M Frank isn't Catholic -- but when he wanders into Father Sebastian's confessional on a Saturday afternoon, there might just be something he needs to get off his chest. *Theater One's 2007 Slice of Life Play Festival - Middleboro, MA *1st Place, Fire Rose Productions’ 2004 10-Minute Play Festival – North Hollywood, CA *6th Annual ALAP Playreading Festival, 2004 – West Hollywood, CA Leonard's Voice 1M/2F Someone's talking to Leonard. Telling him to do something he's not sure he should. Something bloody... *2009 "FLIGHT: An Evening of Short Plays by EM Lewis" -- Moving Arts -- Los Angeles, CA *2009 The Car Plays at Moving Arts Dress Black 1M/1W All Stan has to do is get his sister-in-law to his brother's funeral. But nothing is easy today. *2005 Ten by Ten in the Triangle – ArtsCenter – Carrboro, NC *“Just This Once” – Theatre of NOTE’s 2005 Late Night Play Festival – Hollywood, CA Reveille 2M In the wake of 9/11, Leonard's only son signs up for the military. He leaves this morning. *2009 "FLIGHT: An Evening of Short Plays by EM Lewis" -- Moving Arts -- Los Angeles, CA *Pick of the Vine 2007 -- Little Fish Theater -- San Pedro, CA *The Car Plays at Moving Arts 2006 & 2007– Los Angeles, CA "...poignant, compelling and completely realistic in the conflict between a parent knowing the time has come for the child to leave the nest, and the child choosing a path totally against the parent's wishes." (Jose Ruiz, ReviewPlays.com, regarding Moving Arts production) Bohemian. Like You. 2M/1W Don has known Richard and Melody forever -- but he didn't know they did this! *The Car Plays at Moving Arts 2006 & 2007 – Los Angeles, CA Six Bottles of Heineken After the Silverado 1M/1W Joe is Mary's first date since her husband died. They may need more beer... *2009 "FLIGHT: An Evening of Short Plays by EM Lewis" -- Moving Arts -- Los Angeles, CA *Brown Couch Theatre Company’s 2006 4th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival – Chicago, IL *Semi-finalist – 2006 First Stage One-Act Play Contest – Los Angeles, CA *Finalist – 7th Annual New Play Contest 2006, Chameleon Theatre Circle – Lakeville, MN Lend Me a Mentor 1M/1W (or 2M) Morton wants a mentor -- and she's chosen her favorite writer, Barnhart. Unfortunately, he doesn't want to have anything to do with her. My most well-traveled play! From Hollywood, San Diego and Spokane to South Africa, Canada and Shanghai! *Missed Opportunity Productions' 2008 One-Act Play Festival -- Shanghai, China *Asphalt Jungle Shorts III (2007) by Flush Ink Productions -- Kitchener, Ontario, Canada *Bedtime Stories for Big Boys and Girls at the 2007 National Arts Festival -- South Africa *Play-Makers Spokane and Debut Promotions 2007 Play Readings at Auntie's Bookstore in the Liberty Cafe -- Spokane, WA *Finalist – Fire Rose Productions’ 2006 10-Minute Play Festival – North Hollywood, CA *North Park 2006 10-Minute Play Festival – San Diego, CA Cat Walk 1W/1M A woman hires a male escort -- to go hiking with her. *Moving Arts 2007 One-Act Play Festival -- Los Angeles, CA *Reading - Herring Run ArtsFest 2006 – Middleborough, MA American Family 1M/1W Jake and Anne are trying to make their final arrangements, but Jake's first wife is already buried there, and three's a crowd... *Semi-finalist – 2005 Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors Competition, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute at Ohio State University – Columbus, OH Ask Roberto! 1W/2M Helen calls her favorite cooking show host -- for marital advice. A hit from coast to coast! *Renaissance Theater Guild's 2009 Act I 10-minute play festival -- San Antonio, TX *Cedar Lane Stages 2008 One-Act Play Festival -- Bethesda, MD *From Shelterbelt with Love 2007, Shelterbelt Theatre -- Omaha, NE *Over Our Head Players’ 2006 Snowdance 10-Minute Comedy Festival – Racine, WI *Finalist - Fire Rose Productions’ 2005 10-Minute Play Festival – North Hollywood, CA "'Ask Roberto' is a small comic gem..." -David Cannon, Sentinel Arts Critic (re: Cedar Lane Stage production) Partners 2W/1M Terry invites her partner, Pete, home to meet her *partner*, Val. A cop's life is never easy... *2008 The Salon at the Celebration Theater - Los Angeles, CA *SLAMBoston 2008 10-Minute Play Festival at Another Country Productions - Boston, MA *1st Place Another Country Prod. SLAMBoston 2005 10-Min. Play Festival – Boston, MA And All the Roses Falling 2M Stephen wants every moment he can have with Dan. Even the fucked up end of things. *Another Country Productions’ SLAMBoston 2005 10-Minute Play Festival – Boston, MA This Isn’t About Love 1M/1W A lunch hour tryst turns serious when Erik brings up the "L" word. *2009 "FLIGHT: An Evening of Short Plays by EM Lewis" -- Moving Arts -- Los Angeles, CA *The Motel Chronicles 2008 at Glendale Community College's Studio Theater - Glendale, CA *Sacred Fools’ 2005 “Triple Crown” Late Night Show – Hollywood, CA Behind the Green Room Door 2M/1W Robert, the director, knows that Helen, his wife and lead actress, has been dallying with Daniel, a supporting actor who finds himself completely out of his depth... *Sacred Fools’ 2005 “Triple Crown” Late Night Show – Hollywood, CA If We Kissed 2M One gay actor. One straight actor. One stage kiss that isn't going so well in rehearsal. And lots of questions about existentialism. *2008 The Salon at the Celebration Theater - Los Angeles, CA *2007 Summer Shorts at Theatre Limina - Minneapolis, MN *2007 Playfest at Stage Q - Madison, WI The Manuscript 1M/1W The next installment in the further adventures of Barnhart and Morton, who we first met in "Lend Me a Mentor." Morton has secured Barnhart's mentorship -- and this morning she arrives, bright and early, to see what he thought of her manuscript. Will the young writer's hopes be crushed? Tune in to find out! *2010 staged reading in "Shorts & Briefs" -- Los Angeles Women's Theater Project -- Hollywood, CA $2,000 OBO 1M/2W Arthur is trying to sell his mother's car to Carrie. Unfortunately, his mother refuses to get out from behind the steering wheel. *Cedar Lane Stages 2008 One-Act Play Festival -- Bethesda, MD The fact is that the materials of the fiction writer are the humblest. Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't try to write fiction. It's not a grand enough job for you. -Flannery O'Connor